Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in elearning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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